🚀 MERN Markdown Blog

MongoDB, ExpressJs, ReactJs, NodeJs

A blogging application made with the MERN stack with Dockerization and TypeScript as the backend language.

💻 Getting Started

Cloning the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/HotPotatoC/mern-markdown-blog.git

$ cd mern-markdown-blog

🐳 Running with docker-compose

To start the application with docker, make sure you have docker-compose installed.

$ docker-compose -v

If you already have docker-compose installed, Build the containers

$ docker-compose build

Run the application

$ docker-compose up -d

The ReactJs application will run on http://localhost:3000 and the Express application will run on http://localhost:5000

To stop the application run

$ docker-compose stop

💽 Running without docker-compose

To run the application without using docker. Run your MongoDB service

$ sudo service mongodb start

Starting the server application

$ cd server
$ yarn install
$ yarn dev

Starting the client application

$ cd client
$ yarn install
$ yarn start

The ReactJs application will run on http://localhost:3000 and the Express application will run on http://localhost:5000

🛠 Tools & Packages

Client-Side

Package Name	Description	Version
axios	Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js	^0.19.2
highlight.js	Syntax highlighting with language autodetection.	^10.1.2
moment	Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates	^2.27.0
react-feather	React component for Feather icons	^2.0.8
react-highlight	React component for syntax highlighting	^0.12.0
react-markdown	Renders Markdown as React components	^4.3.1
react-moment	React component for the moment date library.	^0.9.7
react-router-dom	DOM bindings for React Router	^5.2.0
tailwindcss	A utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces.	^1.5.2

Server-Side

Package Name	Description	Version
joi	Object schema validation	^17.1.1
@typegoose/typegoose	Define Mongoose models using TypeScript classes	^7.3.0
bcrypt	A bcrypt library for NodeJS.	^5.0.0
cors	Node.js CORS middleware	^2.8.5
dotenv	Loads environment variables from .env file	^8.2.0
express	Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework	^4.17.1
jsonwebtoken	JSON Web Token implementation (symmetric and asymmetric)	^8.5.1
mongoose	Mongoose MongoDB ODM	5.9.22
mongoose-paginate-v2	A cursor based custom pagination library for Mongoose with customizable labels.	^1.3.9
morgan	HTTP request logger middleware for node.js	^1.10.0
slugify	Slugifies a String	^1.4.4
nodemon	Simple monitor script for use during development of a node.js app.	^2.0.4